lattice

Meaning

Noun

1. A flat panel constructed with widely-spaced crossed thin strips of wood or other material, commonly used as a garden trellis.
2. A bearing with vertical and horizontal bands that cross each other.
3. A regular spacing or arrangement of geometric points, often decorated with a motif.
4. A model of the tuning relationships of a just intonation system, comprising an array of points in a periodic multidimensional pattern.
5. In any of several technical senses, a substructure with properties analogous to those the set of points with integer coordinates bears in relation to the full Euclidian space these points are contained in.
6. In any of several technical senses, a substructure with properties analogous to those the set of points with integer coordinates bears in relation to the full Euclidian space these points are contained in.
7. In any of several technical senses, a substructure with properties analogous to those the set of points with integer coordinates bears in relation to the full Euclidian space these points are contained in.
8. A partially ordered set in which every pair of elements has a unique supremum and a unique infimum.

Verb

1. To make a lattice of.
2. To close, as an opening, with latticework; to furnish with a lattice.

Synonyms

trellis

grid

grille

grating

grate

latticework

wicket

window

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fretwork

grill

trelliswork

railing

latticed

netting

network

panel

picket fence

rack

rail

screen

skep

web

grid pattern

reseau

lattice work

eye-hole

space lattice

grid chart

pointer array

periodic lattice

point group

balustrade

dot array

bar

crosbars

dot matrix

espalier

ethmoid

fence

graticule

gridiron

grillwork

grit

jalousie

Translations

Gitter

traliccio

treillis

reticolo

celosía

grata

treliça

kafes

graticcio

enrejado

καφάσι

treillage

Gitterzaun

Gitterwerk

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈlæt.ɪs/

Etymology

Cognate with Old High German: latta

Cognate with German: Latte

Cognate with Old English: lætt

Cognate with Middle Low German: lāde

Cognate with German: Laden

In summary

From Middle English latis, from Middle French lattis (“lathing”), from Old French lattis, from latte (“a lath”), from Frankish *lattā, *lattu (“a lath”), from Proto-Germanic *lattǭ, *lattō, *laþþō (“board; plank; ledge”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)latn-, *(s)lat- (“beam; log”). Cognate with Old High German latta (“lath”), (German Latte), Old English lætt (“lath”), Middle Low German lāde (“plank, counter, sales counter”), German Laden (“shop”). More at lath.